 | 1816 - 670 pages
...imagined this phenomenon to be occasioned by a thin vapour-, (or something resembling a vapour), which ia seen over the ground in the hot weather in India,...was afterwards seen in Damaun, when the weather was not hotter than ia experienced in England. About sun-set we descried the high wall and towers of Moujgur,... | |
 | William Brown - 1823 - 532 pages
...this appearance continued at the ends, when viewed from the middle. I shall not attempt," says he, (( to account for this appearance, but shall merely remark,...accompanied its appearance : but it was afterwards seen in Demaun, when the weather was not hotter than is experienced in England." —Three days after, he adds,... | |
 | Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1842 - 472 pages
...with the appearance of a long lake, enclosing several little islands ; notwithstanding the well-known nature of the country, many were positive that it...was afterwards seen in Damaun when the weather was not hotter than is experienced in England. About sunset we descried the high walls and towers of Moujgur,... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 pages
...was entirely different, and, on looking along the ground, no vapour whatever could be perceived. ... I shall not attempt to account for this appearance,...only to be found in level, smooth, and dry places." — Account of Caubul, p. 16. cattle, if they have not the means of ransom. Marco Polo himself1 was... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 544 pages
...was entirely different, and, on looking along the ground, no vapour whatever could be perceived. ... I shall not attempt to account for this appearance,...it seems only to be found in level, smooth, and dry places."—Account of Caubul, p. 16. cattle, if they have not the means of ransom. Marco Polo himself... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 pages
...was entirely different, and, on looking along the ground, no vapour whatever could be perceived. ... I shall not attempt to account for this appearance, but shall merely remark, that it seems onlv to be found in level, smooth, and dry places."—Account of Caubul, p. 16. cattle, if they have... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 372 pages
...whatever could be perceived. The ground was quite level and smooth, and the weather very hot. It is only found in level, smooth, and dry places; the position of the sun, and the degree of heat, are not material, for it was afterwards seen in Damaun, when the weather was... | |
 | John Masefield - 2002 - 530 pages
...was entirely different, and, on looking along the ground, no vapour whatever could be perceived. ... I shall not attempt to account for this appearance,...only to be found in level, smooth, and dry places. — Account of Caubul, p. 16. * The story may amount to nothing more than that these robbers, having... | |
| |
... spot, which were reflected as in water, and this appearance continued at the ends when viewed from the middle. I shall not attempt to account for this appearance, but shall merely remark that it seems only to be found in level, smooth, and dry places. 